The man was afraid that if he refused one more time, it might be his last. Or even worse – it might seal his teenage daughter’s fate. “In Guatemala, it’s next to impossible to run a small business, because once you start...

Hannah Pregnancy Resource Center is now able to take sonogram technology to abortion-vulnerable women in southern Arkansas because of a donation from the Psalm 139 Project. Hannah Pregnancy Resource Center (PRC) celebrated Aug. 17 the placement of...

Southern Baptist pastor Jarrid Wilson played games with his son Denham, attended his son Finch’s baseball practice and tweeted encouragement to a struggling alcoholic within hours of dying by suicide late Sept. 9. Wilson was 30. “I...

Hundreds of homes throughout East Texas got an unusual yellow envelope in their mailboxes, thanks to one Southern Baptist church in Texas. It wasn’t a church invite or junk mail. Instead, it could be worth tens of thousands of dollars for...

Thirty-four Southern Baptist congregations are among the fastest growing and largest evangelical churches in the latest Outreach 100 tally compiled by Outreach Magazine and LifeWay Research. “Tracking the fastest growing churches gives us a...

As Hurricane Dorian moved along the East Coast, North Carolina officials hoped they had dodged a direct hit. Then, the storm made landfall in the Outer Banks at 8:35 Sept. 6. The Outer Banks – a string of islands off the state’s main...

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (SEBTS) held its second annual Military Community Emphasis Event on September 3-5, 2019. The event highlighted the missional and pastoral role of military chaplains, church planting in the military...

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An old Coca-Cola bottling plant donated to Sherwood Baptist Church has become a hub for disaster relief operations and a ministry to at-risk youth. Albany, Ga., has been racked several times by severe storms over the last three years. From...

For more than 30 years, four Fresno-area churches have worked together to serve lunch to their community’s high schoolers. Under the auspices of Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA), members of New Life Community Church and Immanuel...

Paul Chitwood, International Mission Board (IMB) president, urged a chapel audience at Gateway Seminary Sept. 5 to remember that God’s vision cannot be fulfilled until people from every nation, all tribes and all languages have heard the...

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